Agendas

San Juan Water Conservancy District has scheduled a Special Meeting for Monday, September 15, at 4 pm, at 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5. An agenda will be published here.

Directors of San Juan Water Conservancy District will Thursday, Wednesday, August 21. Results of the question and answer session will be disclosed at the SJWCD Special Meeting on Monday, September 15. The public Work Session is noticed here, because more than two board members may discuss actions.

The Bureau of Rec will record of the session. https://www.usbr.gov/smallstorage/index.html 

Registration is required. https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/0f391e8e-2bb8-40ef-8bb8-61236ef1b6b0@0693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494

San Juan Water Conservancy District is sponsoring a low-tech restoration project to conserve water. Monica Nigon, Americorps / Western Colorado University graduate intern, designed the project. Monica will lead volunteers in repairing a degraded drainage near the Turkey Springs Trailhead. The project employs cost-effective natural solutions including Zeedyk structures and Zuni holes. Repairing the drainages is proven to retain water in the soil of pasture and forest lands.

To volunteer on Saturday, September 13, contact Monica at mnigon.sjwcd@gmail.com or 719-581-0902. About 20 volunteers are needed and lunch will be provided.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) is scheduled for Monday, August 18, 2025, at 4 PM (Mountain Standard Time).

The meeting will be at the SJWCD office at 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5, Pagosa Springs, CO. The SJWCD Board may require an Executive Session and discussion of shared documents related to the agenda below. This meeting is in-person, but may be attended by Zoom.

Use the link below to connect to the scheduled Zoom meeting. Only the SJWCD Attorney and Directors will be on Zoom during the Executive Session. The public may be admitted before and following Executive Session. Any unknown Zoom attendee will be asked to identify him/herself before being admitted to the meeting.

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Time: Aug 18, 2025 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Proposed Agenda for the Regular Meeting is as follows:

1. Call to Order

2. Revisions to Agenda and Approval of Agenda

3. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest

4. Opportunity for Public Comment (limit to 3 minutes)

5. Executive Session. Upon an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members present, the San Juan Water Conservancy District will go into executive session pursuant to section 24-6-402(4) of the Colorado Revised Statutes to discuss matters concerning the transfer or sale of real, personal or other property interest pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(a) of the Colorado Revised Statutes, for the purpose of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions and to discuss strategy with the District’s attorney pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(b), C.R.S., and to determine positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(e), C.R.S., all regarding the potential sale of the Running Iron Ranch on the initiative of the Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District and related litigation (Case No. 24CV30069 filed in Archuleta County District Court), settlement negotiations, and public statements

6. Consideration of Actions regarding the Running Iron Ranch and Related Litigation (Case No. 24CV30069 filed in Archuleta County District Court), settlement negotiations, and public statements.

7. Attorney’s Report

Executive Session. Upon an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members present, the San Juan Water Conservancy District will go into executive session pursuant to section 24-6-402(4) of the Colorado Revised Statutes for the purpose of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(b), C.R.S., and to determine positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(e), C.R.S., all regarding pending water rights cases, settlement negotiations, and public statements.

8. Consideration of Actions regarding Water Rights Cases

9. Discussion / Review of RFP for planning / engineering of Headwaters Reservoir

10. Consideration of Updates for SJWCD’s Watershed Restoration Project

11. Consideration of Letter of Support for Pagosa Area Recreation Grant Application

12. Updates from Directors

13. Strategic Objectives Reports (when needed)

Strategic Objective 1: Redefine the financial partnership for Running Iron Ranch. (Directors Tedder, Riehm, Cooper, Proffitt)

Strategic Objective 2: Make the case for a reservoir at RIR by defining feasibility and demand. (Directors Cooper, Hagberg, Kappelman)

Strategic Objective 3: Engage with the community, including PAWSD, on a project that advances a common community interest, like a planning/municipal water demand study and/or wildfire mitigation (Directors Hagberg, Nobles, Nossaman, Tedder)

14. Approval of amended Record of Proceedings from 7/21 Special Meeting

15. Schedule next meeting. Adjournment.

SAN JUAN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

By /s/ Sally High

Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors

DISTRICT SEAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) is scheduled for Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 1 PM (Mountain Standard Time).

The meeting will be at the SJWCD office at 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5, Pagosa Springs, CO. The SJWCD Board requires an Executive Session and discussion of shared documents related to the agenda below. This meeting is in-person only.

Proposed Agenda for the Regular Meeting is as follows:

1. Call to Order

2. Revisions to Agenda and Approval of Agenda

3. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest

6. Executive Session. Upon an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members present, the San Juan Water Conservancy District will go into executive session pursuant to section 24-6-402(4) of the Colorado Revised Statutes to discuss matters concerning the transfer or sale of real, personal or other property interest pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(a) of the Colorado Revised Statutes, to receive legal advice from counsel and negotiations re property ownership and strategy pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(b), C.R.S., and to determine positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(e), C.R.S., all regarding the potential sale of the Running Iron Ranch on the initiative of the Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District and related litigation (Case No. 24CV30069 filed in Archuleta County District Court), settlement negotiations, and public statements.

7. Consideration of Actions regarding the Running Iron Ranch and Related Litigation (Case No. 24CV30069 filed in Archuleta County District Court), settlement negotiations, and public statements.

SAN JUAN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

By /s/ Sally High

Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors

DISTRICT SEAL